Improvement in gate and dooe latches



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'T0 ALL WHOMIT MAY ONCERN:

Be it known that I, B. D. SHAW, of Beverly, in the county of Washington,and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gateand Door Catches; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a top view of a gate showing my improvements appliedthereto.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the catches.

Figure 3 is a side view of the same.

My invention consists in a catch for application .to gates and doors,having two pivoted catches which are operated upon by a rocking-lever,which catches will automatically secure the gate when closed, and whichcan be operated by the said lever alternately, accordingly as to whetherthe gate is to open toward or from theoperator, for releasing thecatches froma nose or pin secured to the Vgate post.

A and A designate respectively the fence' posts at the front and back ofthe gate. B and B are the front and back post s or battins of the gate.The gate is hung on pivots, a, extending from top and bottom of the postB', one of which works in an arm or lug, b, extending inward from theposts, and the other in the lintel of the gate. To the fence post Athere is secured a lug or projecting piece, c, which has its two uppercorners bevelled off, as shown in g. 1. D D are two catches (see tig.2.) These are pivoted at or near their outer ends to the battins B, sothat their innerends will be heavier than the other ends, andconsequently will, by their own gravity, 'always remain down. 'The upperouter edges of the catches have a portion cut out, as shown at d d, fig.2, into which restr shoulders, e, upon respective ends of arocking-lever, E, pivoted tothe post or battin B, for operating saidcatches according as to which end of the rocking-lever is depressed.'This lever is pivoted to the post B above the catches D D, and it has aportion of its centre cutI away so that it will not interfere or hinderthe ends of the catchesrising upward as their outer ends are depressed.

It will therefore be seen that when it is desired to open the gate fromthe operator, it is necessary to depress the end of the leverE which isnearest the operator; this throws the end of thecatch nearest the personoperating the gate upward, and hence the gate may be opened from theperson. On the other hand, the gatemay be l opened toward the operatorby raising the end of the lever toward him. This necessarily depressesthe end on the other side of the gate, and hence allows the gate to beopened toward the operator. The operating of the lever E, for releasingthe catches D from the lug c, is quite similar to that in opening anordinary door.

A gate or door catch constructed as Ipropose is simple, and has no partslikely to get out of order, and it' can be pperated quickly, and themanipulation to open it, as before stated, is quite similar to that ofopening lan ordinary door. i

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination of the vcatches D D, and pivotedlever E, constructed so as to operate substantiallyas herein shown anddescribed. y

The above specication of my invention signed by me this day of 1866.

`B. D. SHAW.

Witnesses:

J. M. Tnunsnnnr., WILLIAM L. WILSON..

